Category Archives: W – June, 2011; Fairhope, AL to Florence, AL

Trying to make up for lost time earlier in the trip, we put in a long day to gain 85 miles. We refueled at the Demopolis Yacht Basin, taking on 155 gallons of diesel, and topped off our 120-gallon water … Continue reading →

Tuesday took us through the first of twelve locks. The Coffeeville Lock and Dam would lift us over thirty feet out of tidal waters and into the fresh water of the Tombigbee River. After shaking off the cobwebs of the … Continue reading →

Big Briar Creek was the ideal anchorage to catch up on rest and boat work. The morning dawned peacefully and the world seemed in harmony. We had hoped to get back on the river early, but between the idyllic surroundings and … Continue reading →

It is sixteen miles from the Eastern Shore Marine docks in Fairhope, Alabama to where the Highway 10 tunnel intersects the Mobile river in downtown Mobile; mile 0 on the Tenn-Tom Waterway. The waterway connects the Gulf of Mexico to … Continue reading →